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Audible "slow traffic ahead" alerts can improve drivers' situational awareness and increase safety on freeways.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/31/2013 | Source Date:
NHTSA estimates that annual fatalities in backover crashes would be reduced by 95 to 112 fatalities and annual injuries by 7,072 to 8,374 injuries if all vehicles were equipped with rearview cameras.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/03/2013 | Source Date:
A variable speed limit system used to regulate traffic flow through work zones on a 7.5 mile section of I-495 saved motorists approximately 267 vehicle-hours of delay each day.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/02/2013 | Source Date:
Forward collision warning systems have potential to prevent 23.8 percent of crashes involving large trucks.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 12/07/2012 | Source Date:
Benefit-to-cost ratios for Electronic Freight Management (EFM) applications ranged from 1:1 to 7:1. Higher ratios were projected for companies with larger supply chains.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 12/07/2012 | Source Date:
A Benefit Cost analysis shows that dynamic curve speed warning signs have 30 percent effectiveness and an incremental B/C ratio between 2.79 to 5.57 for curves that already have static curve warnings.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 10/02/2012 | Source Date:
CVISN technologies that improve carrier compliance can increase safety and carrier efficiency; benefit-to-cost ratios approach 7.5 for electronic screening and 2.6 for electronic credentialing.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
91 percent of volunteer drivers that tested V2V communications safety features indicated they would like to have these technologies on their personal vehicle.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
Using Inspection Selection Systems (ISS) and out-of-service (OOS) history information provided by safety information exchange programs can lead to significant reductions in crashes injuries and fatalities due to heavy vehicles.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
Deploying transit signal priority systems may reduce transit bus delay in Burlington, Vermont by 14.2 to 16.5 percent on Route 15 and by 2.5 to 7 percent on the Old North Route, without producing delays for non-priority traffic.
Content Type: Benefit | Date Posted: 01/30/2012 | Source Date:
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